Sulky



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM. V. WHITEMAN, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

sruLKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,627, dated May 2,1893.

Application iiled OctoheI 19, 1892. Serial No. 449,329. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM. V. WIIITEMAN, of Port Chester, county ofWestchester, and State of New York, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in Sulkies, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view of a sulkycontaining my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; andFig. 3 is an end view thereof.

A, designates a sulky frame which may be of ordinary construction,comprising the shafts, a a', the seat, a2, and other usualappurtenances. The shafts, a a', rest on and are rigidly secu red to across bar, b, which extends beneath the frame, A, crosswise thereof asuitable distance and thence downwardly and rearwardly toward the hub ofawheel, C, which is here shown arranged at the center of the sulkytransversely thereof. This wheel, C, is preferably provided with apneumatic tire c', of usual construction and is also fitted with ballbearings for its axle, c2.

D, is a brace which may be employed, if desired, to aid in supportingthe frame, A. The upper portion of this brace maybe integral with ordetachably secured to the bar, b, and its lower portion is bifurcated toinclose the wheel, C. The axle c2, of the wheel, C, is journaled in theextremities of the bar, b, and also in the bifurcated ends of the brace,D, and

may be secured in position by any suitable means. By this construction,I provide a sulky occupying less room crosswise thereof than heretofore,whereby a greater number may be arranged in line for racing or otherpurposes and the danger of accidents from collision with one another isgreatly diminished. Greater speed is also obtainable by a sulkycontaining my improvement by reason of the reduction of friction.

I claiml. In combination, a sulky frame having the running gear arrangedwithin the extremities of the snlky frame transversely thereof, and abar, b, for supportingthe said sulky frame and rhaving downwardly andinwardly extending arms for supporting the said running gear,substantially as described.

2.- In a sulky, the combination of the cross bar, b, supporting thesulky frame, A, and having its extremities bent downwardly andrearwardly, the bifurcated brace, D, extending from the bar, b,centrally thereof and the wheel, C, having its axle journaled in theextremities of the bar, b, and the brace, D, substantially as described.

ABRAM. V. WHITEMAN.

Witnesses:

v GEO. WADMAN,

PHILIP J. OREILLY.

